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Africa.- Blunt (Cdr. David Enderby) Elephant, first edition, signed by the author and with photograph of him tipped to front free endpaper, J.Wentworth Day's copy with his signature on front pastedown, half-title, frontispiece and plates, advertisements relating to big game hunting at end (pages numbered xvii-xxxv including pastedown), original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, [cf.Czech p.19, first American edition], 8vo, 1933.
*** " A classic of elephant hunting" (Czech). The author was an elephant control officer in Tanganyika. The American edition was published in the same year.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/341923cc-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/d7d57327-4d91-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "209
Africa.- Blunt (Cdr. David Enderby) Elephant, first edition, signed by the author and with photograph of him tipped to front free endpaper, J.Wentworth Day's copy with his signature on front pastedown, half-title, frontispiece and plates, advertisements relating to big game hunting at end (pages numbered xvii-xxxv including pastedown), original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, [cf.Czech p.19, first American edition], 8vo, 1933.
*** \" A classic of elephant hunting\" (Czech). The author was an elephant control officer in Tanganyika. The American edition was published in the same year.")
Lot 209
Africa.- Blunt (Cdr. David Enderby) Elephant, 1st ed., sgd. by author with photograph, orig. cloth, 1933.
Hammer Price: £450
Description
Africa.- Blunt (Cdr. David Enderby) Elephant, first edition, signed by the author and with photograph of him tipped to front free endpaper, J.Wentworth Day's copy with his signature on front pastedown, half-title, frontispiece and plates, advertisements relating to big game hunting at end (pages numbered xvii-xxxv including pastedown), original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, [cf.Czech p.19, first American edition], 8vo, 1933.
⁂ " A classic of elephant hunting" (Czech). The author was an elephant control officer in Tanganyika. The American edition was published in the same year.
Description
Africa.- Blunt (Cdr. David Enderby) Elephant, first edition, signed by the author and with photograph of him tipped to front free endpaper, J.Wentworth Day's copy with his signature on front pastedown, half-title, frontispiece and plates, advertisements relating to big game hunting at end (pages numbered xvii-xxxv including pastedown), original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, [cf.Czech p.19, first American edition], 8vo, 1933.
⁂ " A classic of elephant hunting" (Czech). The author was an elephant control officer in Tanganyika. The American edition was published in the same year.
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